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Sorry it took me so long to get back to you, I've been busy at work and in my yard every spare minute. I like the video - I've never seen one posted here before.

1 1/2 inches isn't that big for a...

Just make sure to keep it watered. You need to keep an eye on it until it gets a good root system established.

Sorry it took so long to get an answer. I don't check this side of the site to often. Usually I check the Home & Garden side for questions on plants.

That is a Blue Atlas Cedar (Cedrus atlantica...

If it ripped the bark or was a big branch, it could be the problem, but only if it was low on the tree. How big was the branch you are talking about, and where was it on the tree? From the picture,...

Just make sure you check the label on the grass killer you used. Some of them have a residual effect, and you don't want it to kill your new grass. You might have to wait a while before you lay...

Weeping willows have very weak wood and will usually drop branches during heavy winds, but this shouldn't be a problem as long as they are small. Bigger branches may cause problems, anything more...

The bees do all the work, and you can plant them up to 50' apart without much problem, but the closer the better. Also, the Blue Prince makes enough pollen to take care of 4-6 Blue Princess hollies,...

Could you post a picture of it?

Thanks,
Pete.

I think the gels might be to expensive for a 3 story staircase, even if they do work as claimed. If there isn't too much rust, I would try using a wire brush, otherwise an angle grinder with a wire...

From the picture of the back yard, I can see why you want to do something here. I like the idea of the fence you have in the middle picture, it will hide the neighbor's fences but allow good air...

I was helping my father dig a trench from the well to the house - the pipe had sprung a leak - and found half a tomb stone about 5 feet down. It was from the 1890's.

I am going to start my bathroom remodel soon. I'm thinking of tearing down the wall between the bathroom and kitchen, and moving it either 16" or 32" to make the bathroom bigger. It's not a load...

Thanks, you were right it worked like a charm.

We just ripped up the carpet and padding in our living room (actually, she ripped up everything except under the TV while I was at work yesterday), and besides being stapled down, the padding appears...

I'm a rookie, so you might want to wait and see what some of the experts here have to say before you start. You can get some really good advice here.:D
I used water based on the floors I have...

Try contacting your local Lions Club. I've donated a few pair to them when I got new glasses, and I think they give them out nation wide.

There are 100 centimeters in 1 meter, and 1000 millimeters in 1 meter. That means that 100 cm=1000 mm, so 1 cm = 10 mm. Multiply that by 40, and 40 cm = 400 mm.

I know what you mean about the computer wires. They are one of my 2 year old cat's favorite chew toys. So far I've had to replace the mouse (twice), the keyboard, and the power cord for the modem. ...

From what I have heard, most is marked but they did make a lot of things that wasn't marked. If you have something you think is McCoy, but you aren't sure, try Google. Type McCoy Pottery & whatever...

You can put new top soil over the roots, but you want to go slow. If you put too much on, it will smother the feeder roots. About 1" to 1 1/2" each year is about as much as you should put down. It...

I am starting on my bathroom remodel, and am putting in 12 x 12 ceramic tile. The floor is linoleum on top of vinyl tile, I am ripping up the linoleum but the vinyl doesn't want to come up. Is it...

I had a mastiff and this happened to her as she got older. It was a weak bladder/loss of bladder control issue. It sounds like you mastiff is to young for this to be age related, and you might want...

I've never had this problem, but I've heard you can use Vaseline on whatever the feeder is hanging from to stop the ants from getting to the it.

The squash plant is on the right in the pictures I posted. Good luck.

When the seed leaves come out (the first 2 leaves), the squash leaves will be a little wider and thicker than the cucumber leaves.

It's 4 moves, not 5. Move the pawn in front of your King, move the Queen as far as she can go on that diagonal, move the bishop 3 spots, then use either one to take the pawn and Check Mate. It is...

Be careful handling stuff sprayed with FOOEY! I use it to stop one of my cats from chewing wires, and it works pretty good. The only problem is even after a month or so, if you handle anything...

I installed a Hampton Bay fan/light. The pull chains work to turn it on or off, but the wall switch doesn't do anything. The light that was there was operated by the switch, so I think I might have...

I have a forced hot air, oil furnace. When I bought the house, the furnace was shut off. It runs fine when I turn it on, but won't shut off. I think it's the thermostat - a round Honeywell, but...

How high does the power line need to be when it comes from the pole to the house? The line to the house I just bought seems low - about 8 or 9 feet off the ground before it attaches to the house. ...

Thanks, speedball1. I got a universal replacement, but the face plate was a little smaller than the original, so I just used the spring and nylon washers on my plate & linkage. I was afraid to pull...

OK, one more question (for now). I just painted the first door I'm installing. The doors are split jams, but in the closet I'm not going to be able to fit the rear jam in with the trim, the closet...

Thanks for all the info. 21boat, what are you talking about with "under cut"? I don't have any carpet, they are hardwood floors. I just bought 3 doors this weekend, and I've taken off the trim on...

The kitchen, hall & bathroom (all connected) floors are linoleum and the same level as the hardwood floors in the other rooms. I want to replace the linoleum with ceramic or porcelain tile, but I...

Thanks for your info. I just got around to taking off the trip lever plate to check things out. Like speedball1 said, the spring is broken. The linkage is held together with cotter pins. I...

The drain plug on my tub doesn't work. It is connected to the trip lever - when I move the drain plug up or down the trip lever moves - but it will not stay in the up position by itself. The trip...

You could use newspaper (about 10 sheets thick) and cover it with mulch. This should smother the grass, and the paper will bread down without harming anything. Good luck.

They don't really need any special fertilizer. I would recommend whatever you use, use it at half strength (or less). They want a well drained soil. My Grandmother always had these growing in her...

I just bought a house, and am going to start remodelling 1 room at a time. One of my first jobs is replacing the hollow core doors with 6 panel pre-hung doors. Can anyone help me with the steps for...

Try to find an independent garden center, and they should have someone there that could help you with identifying a Blue Prince Holly. For 6 hollies, Lowe's should have told you that 1 male/5 female...

The second picture is Vinca major, it is used a lot in mixed potted plants here in New England. What we call perriwinkle is Vinca minor, also called myrtle, which is a bit hardier than Vinca major,...

Most fruit worms are larvae from flying insects, and the paint wouldn't stop them from flying to your apple tree. I have heard that this works for things like Gypsy Moth Caterpillars, which will...

Barberry (Berberis ssp.) is a good choice. When I was a kid, I used to cut through a neighbor's yard to go to a friends. He planted barberry bushes in my path, and that was the end of that...

I worked at a family owned garden center for about 17 years, and this was a common problem when customers came in after shopping at the big box stores. You do need both male & female hollies to get...

Roland Deschain - The last Gunslinger from the Dark Tower series by Stephen King.

Piers Anthony wrote a series of books about a land called Xanth. It sounds like that's what you're talking about.

I wouldn't go any closer than 2 feet, even keeping them as small as you say. You need to have room for ventilation around them, both for your house and the boxwoods (so they don't get mildew). If...